poetry
Roque Dalton: poética de la ternuridad
May 17, 2025Los versos pasaron a ser un refugio contra los espectros de la ira, la creación artística un oasis que adversaba los destellos de la furia, manantial que refrescaba la sed de esperanza, ungüento de alivio en...
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‘The Optimist: A Social Biography of Palestinian Communist Tawfiq Zayyad’ book review
April 4, 2025Sorek’s book sheds light not only on Zayyad’s life but also on the layered history of the Palestinian movement.
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‘Poetry for the Many’: Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey’s anti-establishment anthology
October 28, 2024Poetry for the Many is a resource for people looking for solace and encouragement in difficult times, people who need to feel that they are part of a global movement against war, repression, and deprivation.
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Four Palestinian poems: The poet could have predicted it
July 2, 2024Teacher, poet and activist Carolfrances Likins published ‘Because I Breathe, This I Must Write,’ a collection of poems, in 2013.
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Byron and the ‘Satanic School’: On the bicentennial of his death
April 19, 2024The impression made on Byron by Italian and Greek revolutionaries and, not least, his personal experiences of the wars of the suffering and fighting people, led to a new socially critical awareness.
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